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upper left: The hospital has waste 8 million [euros] and meanwhile cuts more beds – “I saw again in Lecco the gypsy women who wanted to kidnap my daughter.” lower left: Tragedy: Drowns in the sea the wife of Luigi Belmonte – All the school results, one first-year in three is flunked lower center: [Driver’s]… Continue reading Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines 9

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upper left: The animator becomes a profession Luna Ross effect: boom in sign-ups for sailing school yellow sign: Text books: elementary, middle school, high school – for all the schools lower left: Free: Map of Engadina [a mountain] No. 1 Rivers of Cocaine from the Balkans Local health authority in alarm: tuberculosis returns lower center:… Continue reading Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines 8

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The Assessor [a position in municipal government]: “I’m gay and I don’t hide [myself]” “I’m selling a kidney to pay the loan sharks” Professor Valsecchi, pillar of Badoni [a school], dead The [Teachers’] Council of the [Liceo] Classico Votes No-Confidence in the Principal [Private] “high” parties become a problem (sballo refers to getting high, whether… Continue reading Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines 7

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Alarm INAIL [Istituto Nazionale per l’Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro – National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work] SOS [Emergency] Accidents at work 15 per day With whom and how to go to Rome to the “Family Day”* *Italy’s political right is organizing this demonstration “in support of the family” – that is,… Continue reading Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines 6

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Trash in Lecco: New Collection And More Expensive Tax Lecco like the USA: the 24 hour store is coming [To which I say: yay!] Left: Hangs himself under the railway bridge at only 24 years because he’s gay. [Yes, it happens here, too, sadly.] Colombo trial: Gilardi names Lecco’s leading citizens. Right: Loan-sharking: Half of… Continue reading Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines 5